Ian Lee <i...@leehouse.eclipse.co.uk> writes: > Ian Lee wrote: >> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:04:23 -0600, Dale wrote: >>> >>>>> Probably hotplug, add !net.eth0 to rc_hotplug in /etc/rc.conf >>> >>> >>>> That's in /etc/conf.d/rc on mine. Has it moved? >>> >>> It moved in the switch from baselayout1 to baselayout2/openrc. >>> >>> >> This could be what four looking for >> >> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206518 >> >> >> >> Ian >> > try putting rc_coldplug="no" in conf.d/udev or /etc/rc.conf i would > assume the udev init script checks both places
I can tell you from trying that just now... that is not a good solution. First setting rc_coldplug="no" has some very bad effects: 1) caused my KVM switch setup to be ignored completely, where as with with the default "yes" the kvm is recognized soon as I get past grub 2) Very strange behavior with the `screen' tool. I call screen and get started but if I do `C-a c' (which should start another screen) Instead it prompts me to login and then takes the original screen so I can only get one screen, completely defeating the purpose of `screen'. I'm also wondering about the wisdom introduciing some esoteric places to control services. If someone needs sophisticated controls they can set that up, but for the rest of us /etc/conf.d and rc-update should be THE central tools to have basic services started at boot. There should be nothing scrolling thru the network softlinks attempting to start anything it finds.
